Pope visits Temple Mount

Pope Benedict visited holy sites in Jerusalem at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday as part of a pilgrimage. The German-born pope visited Temple Mount & met with the Grand Mufti, Palestinians’ senior Muslim cleric, at the Dome of the Rock which dominates the Old City. With the mufti, he recalled the common roots of all three monotheistic religions in the story of Abraham and Jerusalem and called for dialogue between the faiths. [Ziv Koren/GPO]